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Guelph, Ontario
Registration of Arms
April 20, 2006
Vol. V, p. 23
Arms of Douglas Wayne KennedyBlazonArgent on a chevron Gules between in chief two cross-crosslets fitché Sable and in base a bull’s head caboshed proper an open Bible proper bound and edged Or; SymbolismThe red chevron and black crosses appear in arms of other members of the Scottish Kennedy Clan. The bull’s head represents the origin of the family from the Isle of Tyree, in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. The Bible represents the vocation and avocation of several generations of Kennedys being teachers or ministers of religion. |
CrestBlazonA dolphin hauriant per fess Or and Vert; SymbolismThe dolphin is a differenced version of the crest of the Marquess of Ailsa, Chief of the Kennedys. |
MottoBlazonTHOUGHTFUL SPEECH OR SILENCE; SymbolismThis phrase responds to the clan Chief’s motto “Avise la fin,” meaning “Consider the end,” in the sense of be thoughtful of consequences before speaking. |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on November 18, 2006 in Volume 140, page 3686 of the Canada Gazette.  |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Original concept of the Lord Lyon King of Arms, Edinburgh. PainterNot available CalligrapherNot applicable Recipient TypeIndividual Other InformationThe recipient’s emblems were originally recorded in the name of his father, Everard Moroni Kennedy, in the records of the Court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1 February 1989, and in the Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada, Volume III, page 114, 28 July 1996. |